Refer to the prerequisite chart to ensure you are not making a mistake with your current or long-range planning for management courses. It's your responsibility to follow the enrollment prerequisites for all courses.

(If you are a current UB student interested in becoming an accounting or business administration major, you must submit a major change request before scheduling a meeting with our advisors.)

Academic Review for Management Majors

The School of Management conducts an academic review of all approved majors every fall and spring semester. Students who are enrolled in lower-level prerequisite courses (ECO 181, ECO 182, PSY 101, MTH 131*, MGA 201, MGA 202 and MGQ 201) taken across the freshmen and sophomore years are reviewed each semester to ensure that the standards to continue to the upper-level (junior year) requirements are maintained. See the "Good Standing in Major" Chart below for the minimum standards for accounting and business administration.

Important note: Although students must meet all of the conditions in the chart below, it is possible the academic review process directs students to choose an alternative major as soon as the end of the freshman year if performance indicators are too low to rise to the minimum standards in a timely fashion. Transfer students should note that they will also be subject to this review process.

Once students enter the upper-level (300/400 level) management courses, to maintain good academic standing in your major, you must achieve a minimum upper-level major GPA of 2.0 in addition to a UB cumulative and an overall cumulative GPA of 2.0. Accounting majors must also achieve minimum grades of C in MGA 301, MGA 311, MGA 302 and MGA 314 to continue to the senior year accounting courses. “C” grades in both MGA 301 and MGA 311 are required to remain enrolled in MGA 302 and MGA 314. Students who are dismissed from the accounting major in the junior year can join the business administration major provided their upper-level requirements GPA is still a minimum of 2.0 and they have not failed a required management course during a second enrollment in the course.

* If MTH 121 or MTH 141 is successfully completed prior to changing to the accounting or business administration major, these substitute for MTH 131. The School of Management's repeat policy is applied to all attempted calculus courses.

If you repeat a prerequisite course for your major, the second grade is counted, even if that grade is lower than the grade you earned the first time. You may not take a course for a third time.

Beyond the Classroom

Add value to your academic degree by engaging in experiences beyond the classroom.

Tutoring and Resources for Student Success

Undergraduate Learning and Community Center As a School of Management undergraduate, you have an exclusive space to study and receive academic tutoring. In the Learning Hub, you can take advantage of peer study groups, open work sessions and workshops on such topics as communication, study skills and test anxiety. Center-certified tutors provide help with the prerequisites courses for your major (ECO 181 and 182, PSY 101, MTH 131, MGA 201 and 202, and MGQ 201). If you are an international student, an ESL coach can help you create a personalized plan to improve your English skills and ease the transition to UB and American culture.